Setsunan University

Key Highlights

• Private university established in 1975
• Nine undergraduate faculties and seven graduate schools
• Two campuses in Osaka Prefecture: Neyagawa and Hirakata
• Active master’s and doctoral enrollment reported as of May 1, 2026

Student Life & Environment

Student life is distributed between two campuses, so daily experience depends strongly on the chosen faculty. The university’s student-life portal identifies clubs and circles, volunteering, health support, scholarship information, campus facilities, and administrative services as established parts of student support. Students considering extracurricular participation should check where a group meets and whether travel between campuses would be necessary. At Neyagawa Campus, Setsunan University International House provides university-affiliated accommodation in studio-style units. The official housing page lists a bath and toilet, air conditioning, sink, bed, desk, refrigerator, and washing machine. Residency is limited to current Setsunan students, and contracts run to the end of the academic year with annual renewal possible through the minimum study period. The university also provides help introducing off-campus accommodation, but availability and individual rental terms require direct confirmation. International students admitted for 2027 join Japanese-taught classes with the wider student body. The university says Japanese-language study can continue after enrollment and points regular international students toward student-life, scholarship, and housing support. These provisions are useful, but applicants should not interpret them as evidence of an English-medium campus environment.

Location & Surroundings

Setsunan University is in Osaka Prefecture, with campuses in Neyagawa and Hirakata rather than Osaka city proper. The university describes the sites as lying between Osaka and Kyoto, giving students access to the wider Kansai region while placing everyday study in suburban campus settings. Neyagawa Campus is at 17-8 Ikeda-Nakamachi, Neyagawa. It is reached by Keihan Bus from Neyagawashi Station, Dainichi Station, JR Ibaraki Station, or Hankyu Ibaraki-shi Station. The university lists an approximate 15-minute bus journey from Neyagawashi and roughly 15–25 minutes from Dainichi, depending on the service. Hirakata Campus is at 45-1 Nagao-Toge-cho, Hirakata. Official directions use buses from Kuzuha Station on the Keihan Main Line or Matsuiyamate Station on the JR Gakkentoshi Line. Listed travel time is approximately 12–18 minutes from Kuzuha and about 11 minutes from Matsuiyamate, followed in some cases by a short walk. Because both campuses rely substantially on bus connections, students should test the full commute for their faculty before selecting housing.

Costs & Career Outcomes

Official 2027 foreign-student admissions material provides faculty-specific first-year charges. The scheduled academic charges, excluding the separate entrusted collections, range from JPY 1,180,000 for Law to JPY 2,140,000 for Pharmaceutical Sciences. Other published first-year totals include JPY 1,200,000 for Economics and Business Administration, JPY 1,225,000 for Contemporary Social Studies, JPY 1,630,000 for Science and Engineering, and JPY 1,880,000 for Nursing. Agriculture varies by department. All faculties also list JPY 13,700 in first-year entrusted collections. These figures apply to the 2027 foreign-student guide and may be revised if social conditions change; housing, commuting, food, equipment, and some course-specific expenses require separate budgeting. Career support includes individual consultation, career-development programming, internship information, qualification support, and faculty-specific employment reporting. The university’s current outcomes page reports 2025 academic-year destinations as of May 1, 2026. Across the undergraduate faculties, it records 2,178 graduates, 1,934 employed graduates, and 102 progressing to graduate schools or similar study. These are outcome counts, not an admission guarantee or salary measure. Reported destinations span private companies, public agencies, and further study, with patterns differing by faculty. International graduates require separate attention to Japanese-language ability and work authorization. The 2025 outcome disclosure records eight employment-seeking international students in domestic employment, but that very small cohort should not be generalized into a forecast for individual applicants.